Machine for use in the manufacture of boots and shoes.



A. L. RUSSELL. MACHINE FOR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND snons.1,024,599.

Patented Apr. 30, 1912.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 8, 190 8.

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MACHINE FOR UsE IN THE MANUFAGTURB 0F BOOTS AND SHOES.

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ARTHUR L. RUSSELL, OF HYDE PARK, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNO-R TO UNITED SHOEMACHINERY COMPANY, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

MACHINE FOR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR L. RUSSELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hyde Park, in the county of Norfolk and Commonwealth ofMassachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Machines for Use inthe Manufacture of Boots and Shoes, of which the following description,in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, likereference characters on the drawings indicating like parts in theseveral figures.

This invention relates to machines for use in the manufacture of bootsand shoes and more particularly welted shoes, and it has for its objectto provide means for removing surplus material at and adjacent to therear ends of the welt and inseam.

An important feature ofthe invention consists in welt butting meansconstructed and arranged to be actuated transversely of the shoe forcutting the welt edgewise.

A further feature of the invention consists in means for holding thewelt while it is being cut. Preferably the holding means will compriseone or more clamping members for restraining the welt from displacementduring the cutting operation. holding means herein shown includes amember for yieldingly clamping the welt in the direction of thethickness of the welt while the knife is actuated in the direction ofthe width of the welt. The illustrated machine is also provided withmeans for engaging shoe stock, at the inner edge of the welt while thecutter advances from the outer edge of the welt.

It frequently happens that the welt attaching stitches of. the inseamextend back of the point at which the welt is cut ofi or beveled and itis necessary to sever the stitches which connect the butt end before thesurplus stock can be removed from the shoe.

A further feature of the invention consists in a novel construction andarrangement of means for cutting the stitches and severing from the shoebottom surplus stock to present a suitably even seat for the heel end ofthe outer sole.

The welt beveling cutter and the stitch Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 8, 1908.

The

Patented Apr. 30, 1912. Serial No. 437,341.

cutter can be, and as herein shown are, formed as a single knife havingan angular cutting edge. Cooperating with the cutters is a guard whichshields the upper from injury by the cutters during their operation andprotects the knife from engagement by the shoe while the latter is beingpositioned. Preferably the guard is movable from a retracted position inwhich the placing of the shoe is conveniently effected into a positionin the welt crease between the knife and the upper on the side edge ofthe shoe. The guard plate determines the relation of the cutters to thebottom of the shoe. The knife may conveniently be arranged to havesliding contact with the upper face of the guard. Preferably the guardwill be advanced manually from its retracted position to engagement withthe shoe so that it can be correctly positioned in the welt creasewithout liability of injuring the shoe. The cutters will preferably beactuated by power driven mecha nism. As herein shown a single manuallycontrolled device with which the guards on the two sides of the machineare yieldingly connected is also operatively connected with the powermechanism for starting the latter by a continued movement. The guard andthe cutters are therefore caused to operate successively through theinstrumentality of a single manually controlled means, the cutters beingadvanced and then retracted automatically by the power driven mechanismwhen the latter is rendered operative. The guard is arranged formovement vertically to find automatically the level of the welt creaseof the shoe which is in the machine, and the knife rests upon the guardso that the cutters are automatically positioned vertically for theheight of each shoe. The guard also serves as a presser for pushing theshoe stock inwardly to tighten the upper over the edge of the last andpo sition the welt transversely of the shoe bottom. It is frequentlyfound that the end portion of the welt is bent outwardly and the guardand presser force it into normal relation to the shoe bottom and to. thepath of the cutter and hold it while it is being beveled.

Another feature of the invention consists in means for clearing from theshoe the surplus stock, including the severed butt end of the welt andany other material that may be cut oil by the knife.

ills herein shown the device hereinbefore referred to as engaging thestock at. the inner side of the welt to hold it during the cuttingoperation. is arranged for moven'ient; outwardly to clear or drag awayfrom the shoe bottom the surplus stock which has been cut oil". Thisleaves the shoe free and clear to receive the outersole.

The invention is shown as applied to a machine for tightening over alast the shoe stock at and adjacent to the rear ends of the welt,positioning the upper, counter and welt ends correctly and holding theseparts of the shoe while the welt butts are cut off and the partsfastened by tacks and com pressed to level the heel portion of the shoebottom preparatory to the sole laying operation.

Certain features of the invention are to be found in the combinations.which will be described. of the positioning. holding, securing andleveling means with the welt butting and stitc cutting means.

Other features of the invention, including certain details ofconstriiiction and combinations of parts will be explained in connec- 5tion with the following description of a preferred constructionembodying the invention and will then be particularly pointed out in theclaims.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a side elevation of the machine; Fig. 2 is aperspective view shmving many of the operating parts; Fig. 3 is atransverse section showing parts pzn'ticnlarly concerned with thisinvention; Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the stitch cutting and weltbutting and removing devices; Fig. 5 is a plan view of the knife; Fig. 6is a perspective view of the rear portion of a shoe showing the work ofthe machine.

The column 52 of the machine has support for a treadle 4 connected bymeans of a rod 5 and intermediate devices with rack bars 6. These rackbars actuate a series of like d.e vices at each side of the shoe. Thebars engage pinions 8 arranged to turn shafts 10, each irovided with ascrew-threaded portion 12 which receives a sleeve 1% loosely mounted onthe iim'ardly projecting arm of a bell crank 15. The bell crank isarranged to turn about an axis 16 lined in the head of the column andits forward end is pivotally connected to a sleeve 18 adapted to slideon a rod 90. he rod is connected at its inner end to a heel embracingband 26 arranged to extend around. the heel portion of the shoe. Theband is provided at with a. shoe engaging pad which with the handconstitutes the back stop for the shoe which is to be operated upon inthe machine. The band provided near its front ends with extended pads 36for engaging the sides of the shoe at and adjacent to the front ends ofthe heel stiffener.

The shaft 10 has toothed engagement at its forward end with rack teethon the sliding carrier it) which movable transversely of the machine insuitable guideways formed in the head of the column. The carrier 41:0has tongue and groove connection with a block that is arranged foradjustment inwardly and outwardly, and pivotally supports an endwiseacting presser 4st which is slotted to embrace a stud 15 which actsthrough the spring 46 for yieldingly actuating the presser. This presserprovided at its inner end with a thin plate or blade 50 which may beformed to engage the shoe stock with a wiping action at and adjacent tothe edge of the last and to enter the crease between the upper and theoutwardly projecting sole-attaching flange or welt of the shoe. Thepresser n is arranged for pivotal movement about the stud 4.5 and issupported from below by an adjustable stop while the blade 50 may alsorest upon and be guided by the upper edge of the pad 5-36 towardposition to engage the shoe under the welt. The blade is supported ininclined position so that it will readily slide up the side of the shoeand find the welt crease without any attention from the operator. Thecarrier 1 :0 also supports on its lower inner edge a wiper GO beveled atits front end and preferably corrugated on its lower face and adapted tomove inwardly over the welt and the inseam to assist the presser blades50 in tightening the shoe stock over the edge of the last.

A spindle (35 supports the shoe against an abutment 66 depending fromthe machine in position to engage the heel portion of the shoe bottom.This abutment may be arranged to yield upwardly against the tension of amoderately stilt spring 68. The spindle is shown as pivoted at 70 to arack bar 72 and adapted to swing outwardly into the dotted-line positionshown in Fig. 1 to facilitate the application and removal of the shoe.The rack bar 72 extends through a member 7 1 guided in the side of thecolumn 2 and is engaged by a toothed lever pivoted to the member 74: bywhich the spindle and the shoe may be manually up lifted to present theshoe in position to be operated upon after it has been swung from thedotted-line position into the full-line position shown in, Fig. 1. Thelever 75 has a, pawl for engaging a ratchet 7G to hold the lever inadjusted position. The member T41: has connection through the link 78with the upwardly projecting arm of a bell crank lever 80, said arm andlink forming a toggle.

The bell. crank 80 is pivoted to a bracket extending from the column ofthe machine and at its rear end is connected by a rod 82 with a crank 84on a shaft 85, which is mounted in suitable bearings in the head of thecolumn and is driven through gears 86 and 88 from the driving shaft 90,on which runs loosely a pulley 92. A clutch bolt 94 extends from acollar 95 fast on the driving shaft through the gear 88 and into the hubof the otherwise loose pulley 92. The clutch bolt has a pin 96 extendingthrough a slot in the collar 95 into position to be engaged by theinclined face of a clutch controlling clevice 98. This controllingdevice is pivotally mounted on a stud 99, which also supports a lever100 that carries a tilting bar 102, having on its inner end a shoulder104 adapted to be held by the spring 103 in engagement with the device98 and withdraw that device from the stud 96 when the lever 100 isrocked. The collar 95 has a stud 106 arranged to engage the inner end ofthe tilting bar 102 after the machine is started and swing the shoulder104 downwardly away from the controlling device 98 to permit the spring108 to return said device into position to engage the stud 96 when thedriving shaft has completed one revolution. Any other usual form of onerevolution clutch mechanism may be substituted for that described.

The lever 100 above referred to as the actuator for the clutchcontrolling device is connected by a rod 110 to a block 112 arranged forsliding movement in a frame 114, which constitutes one member of theconnection between the treadle rod 5 and the rack bars 6 earlierreferred to. This frame 114 has the slide bar 115 arranged for endwiseadjustment by a screw and slot at 116 and formed at its upper end forengagement with the tails of pawls 118 carried by the block 112. Thisplate 115 holds the pawls out of engagement with a series of ratchetteeth formed on the frame 114 until the frame has been moved downwardlywith relation to the block 112 and to said pawls far enough to releasethe latter. A spring 120 thereupon throws the pawls into engagement withthe ratchet teeth and the frame and the pawls then form a connectionbetween the treadle rod and the clutch rod 110 by which the latter andthe clutch are actuated from the treadle. A spring 122 is arranged tosustain the weight of the block 112 and raise it after it has beendepressed by the engagement of the pawls with the frame 114. The upperend of the frame 114 is formed with laterally projecting arms yieldinglyconnected with the rack bars 6 by the rods 125 and springs 126, one onlyof which is shown in Fig. 2.

The actuation of the driving shaft when the clutch is operated turns theshaft 85 and the crank 84 thereon to communicate motion to the lastsupporting spindle for raising the shoe against the wipers 60, wherebythe shoe stock engaged by said pressers is compressed and leveled downupon the shoe bottom to form a seat for the outersole. The spring 68permits the abutment or bottom rest 66 to yield during the compressingoperation so that the entire compressing force is received by the wipers60. The shaft 85 carries also a cam 140 for actuating a rod 142 thatextends to a tack separating and delivering mechanism supported on thehead of-the column. This mechanism may be of any suitable constructionadapted to supply a plurality of tacks to the conductors 144 at eachoperation of the machine. The tack supplying mechanism is timed todeliver the tacks from the conductors into the driver passages when thecarrier 40 occupies its retracted position away from the shoe. Thedriver passages terminate in suitable tack holders mounted in a block152 detachably secured to the carrier. The drivers 150 are carried by abar 155 which is guided in thecarrier 40 and provided on its upper endwith a roll for making contact with the driving head 156. This drivinghead is connected by a link 158 with a crank 160 on the shaft 90'. Thiscrank is set to actuate the drivers for inserting tacks into shoe stockwhile the stock is under compression between the last bottom and thewipers 60. The wipers 60 are recessed to permit tacks to be driventhrough them and may be connected to the carriers 40 as indicated at 63in Fig. 2 to permit them to rock laterally for adjusting themselves tothe surface of the work.

The pressers 44 are each connected with a bell crank 176 that ispivotally connected at 174 with the block40 and has a lower arm thatengages an extension 177 on the carrier 44. The upper arm of the bellcrank is connected to a rod 17 2 which extends up Wardly and is guidedin the nailing head 156. The collar 178" is adjustable on the rod and ispositioned to be engaged by the nailing head for slightly retracting thepresser blades 50 fro-m the welt crease as the shoe is raised tocompress the stock against the wipers, so that the blades will notprevent the crease being closed tightly by the compressing operation.The parts are relatively timed so that the blades hold the shoe stock inits tightened condition until sufficient pressure has been applied sothat it is held by the wipers and it is necessary to withdraw the bladesonly slightly to avoid obstruction to the compression of the stock ofthe inseam.

The carrier 40 is grooved in its rear side as shown in Figs. 3 and 4 toreceive a knife block 1 adjustably connectedby a pin and slot at 3 to alever 7 which is fulcrumed on the carrier at 9 and is connected by alink 11 to a block that is attached to and moves with the driver bar 155to reciprocate automatically the knife block in time relation with thedriver. The knife 17 is formed as shown in Fi 4tand to present ahorizontal stitch cutting blade and an inclined welt butting or bevelingblade. The knife rests at its inner end upon the upper face of thepresser plate 50, which engages the stitches in the inseam crease, to hesupported and guided by that plate which constitutes a guard to preventthe knife from injuring the upper. The vertical position of the platevaries, as has been exl'ilained, and the knife is therefore arranged tospring up with the blade, being seemed to its block by the single screw19 and the stud 21 and having a relatively narrow shank. lVhile thestitch cutting blade and the welt butting blade might be formedseparately, their formation in a single knife both insures a continuouscutting edge for completely severing the surplus portion of the weltfromthe shoe and also gives to the knife sufficient transverse rigidity toinsure the maintenance of its form. The blades are each formed, as shownbest in the plan view, to present a slanting edge. the stitch cuttingblade severing the stitches progressivet; and the welt beveling bladeengaging first the upper portion of the welt and by its form tending tohold the welt down as the cutting progresses. To assist in holding thewelt the wiper (it) has a companion block (31 that is yieldinglyconnected to the wiper 0 to subject the surplus end portion of the weltto a yielding holding pressure during the welt butting operation andthereby insure a clean cut and an even bevel. The welt which is damp orin temper at the time it is sewed to the shoe is yet in condition to cuteasily at the time the shoe reaches the welt lmtting and, of course, itcuts easier by passing the knife cdgewise through the we t than if theknife cut down upon the welt as has been heretofore propos The knife notonly bevels the welt and severs any stitches that may extend back of thewelt; butting point but also preferably advances inwardly beyond theinseam to plane olf any upstanding portion of the upper or inner-solelips that may project into its path whereby an even seat for the heelportion of the outersole is produced. For removing the surplus stockafter it is severed the clearer is yieldingly carried by the wiper (30to slide inwardly over the welt and then drop down behind it intoposition to pull out the surplus stock that has been cut otli as thewipers are retracted after the compressing, cutting and tackingoperations. The clearer 23, while occupying its innermost position,serves the additional purpose of means to ei'igagc the welt or the innerside of the betwecn-substance adjacent to the welt, and. resist inwarddisplacement of the welt by the cutter 17. The clamp 61 may be fasteneddirectly to the clearer 23.

In the use of the machine a shoe, which may have been previously lastedand welted, may be applied to the spindle 65 as indicated in dottedlines in Fig. 1. The shoe is swung into the full-line position, duringwhich movement it is thrust into the heel embracing band and stoppedagainst the pad 35. The pad. together with the band will have beenpositioned by suitable adjusting devices so that the shoe will bestopped with the end portions of the welt and the other portions of theshoe in suitable relation to the knives 17 and the other operatingdevices. hen the shoe has been properly positioned the treadle 1 isdepressed and through the rack bars (3 rotates the shafts 10. Theseshafts through the devices connected with them first move the pads 36against the sides of the shoe, firmly clamping the shoe stock againstthe sides of the last. The presser blades 50 are also actuated inwardlyto engage the shoe stock in the welt crease, exerting their inwardpressure against the upper and the welt and finally against the inseamto force the welt and the inseam inwardly toward the middle of the last,tightening the upper and stiffener over the edge of the lastand holdingit: under tension. The two wipers (30 move inwardly with the presserblades and by the engagement of their roughened surface with the upperface of the welt assist in tightening the shoe stock over the edge ofthe last and holding it, particularly the welt, in proper relation tothe last bottom and against displacement during the cutting and otheroperations, the clamps 61 resting yieldingly on the welt with justsufficient pressure to hold it against displacement by the cuttingknives.

If desired, the treadle may be moved up and down to press the stock intoplace and position the welt accurately by repeated movements of thedescribed devices engaging the shoe. To enable such repeated movement ofthe treadle to be effected without liability of actuating the clutch asliding stop 199 may be arranged, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, to standnormally under the carrier 114 and prevent the treadle being depressedfar enough to disturb the clutch. This stop device is arranged to bereadily withdrawn against the tension of its spring 198 when the stockhas been forced into position to be compressed and secured. A final orfurther depression of the treadle serves to move downwardly the carrier11st and when the plate 115 slides off the tails of the pawls 118 thepawls engage the ratchet teeth 011 the carrier and through the describedconnections cause the clutch controlling device 98 to be withdrawn fromthe path of the pin 96, whereupon the clutch bolt is automaticallythrown into engagement with the continuously rotating pulley 92 and theshafts 90 and 85 are caused to make one complete revolution and are thenarrested by the clutch controlling device. In this rotation of theshafts the crank 84; effects the elevation of the heel spindle, thusforcing the shoe upwardly against the wipers 60 and compressing thestock covered by the wipers against the bottom face of the last. Whilethe stock is held' under compression the crank 160 effects thedepression of the driver bars and thereby the actuation of the knives 17for butting the welt, cutting the inseam stitches back of the bottompoint and planing off any projecting portions of the stock so that aneven heel seat will be made. The driving of the tacks will be effectedwhile the cutters are operating, the tacks being inserted by pressurerather than by impact. It will be noted that the wipers 60 act at andadjacent to the location of the heel breast. By compressing this stock afirm seat is made for the heel breast. The yielding connections 125, 126between the treadle and the rack bars 6 permit the final depression ofthe treadle for operating the clutch. As the parts are retracted totheir starting positions the clearers 23 dislodge from the shoe thesurplus stock that has been cut off by the knives. The blades 50 extendbetween the cutting edges of the knives and the shoe upper at all timesexcept when the knives are advanced to do their work and at that timethe blades form guards and guides that prevent injury of the upper bythe knives on the side of the shoe and in the crease as will be seenfrom the drawings.

Having explained the nature of this invention and described aconstruction embodying the same in a preferred form, I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States:

1. A machine of the class described, hav ing in combination welt buttingknives arranged to operate simultaneously at opposite sides of a shoe,means to position the shoe relatively to said knives to cause theiroperation to take place at predetermined points on the shoe, and meansfor actuating said knives transversely of the shoe to butt the welt endswidthwise.

2. A machine of the class described, hav ing in combination means forholding the end portion of the welt of a lasted and welted shoe in aplane substantially parallel to the plane of the shoe bottom, a weltbutting knife arranged for movement widthwise of the welt and in a planeat an oblique angle to the face of the welt, and means for actuatingsaid knife to sever the end portion of the welt from the body thereof.

3. A machine of the class described, having in combination a weltbutting knife arranged for cutting movement widthwise of the welt, meansto position the shoe relatively to said knives to cause their operationto take place at predetermined points on the shoe, a guard arrangedbetween the welt and the upper in the inseam in position to protect theupper from being injured by the welt butting knife, and means foractuating the knife.

4:. A machine of the class described, having in combination a weltbutting knife arranged for movement widthwise of the welt; welt holdingmeans including a plate to extend between the welt and the upper in theinseam in position to protect the upper from being injured by the weltbutting knife, and an opposed relatively yielding clamping member; andmeans for actuating the knife over the plate and transversely of theshoe to butt the Welt.

5. A machine of the class described, hav ing in combination a weltbutting knife, means for actuating the knife transversely of the shoe tocut the welt by a stroke from the outer edge of the welt toward theinseam, and a guard plate movable transversely of the shoe into anoperative position in the welt crease.

6. A machine of the class described, having in combination welt buttingknives, guard plates adapted to enter the welt crease at opposite sidesof the shoe, means for moving the guard plates transversely of the shoetoward and from operative position, and means for actuating the knivesover the guard plates in a direction transverse of the shoe to effectcutting of the welt widthwise.

7.. A machine of the class described, having in combination welt buttingknives, guard plates adapted to enter the welt crease at opposite sidesof the shoe, and means for actuating the guard plates and the kniveshaving provision for moving the plates into operative position beforethe knives are advanced and then advancing the knives transversely ofthe shoe to effect cutting of the welt widthwise.

8. A machine of the class described, having in combination a weltbutting knife, a guard arranged to extend between the welt and the shoeupper, and connected mechanism for actuating the guard manually to causea power driven operation of the knife to be effected.

9. A machine of the class described, having in combination a weltbutting knife, a guard arranged to extend between the welt and the shoeupper, means for manually actuating the guard into operative position,and connected power-driven means for actuating the knife to butt thewelt.

10. A machine of the class described, hav ing in combination a weltbutting knife, a guard arranged to extend between the welt and the shoeupper, and connected mechanism for actuating the guard and the knifetransversely of the shoe, said mechanism having provision for permittingthe movement of the guard to be arrested by its on gagement with theinseam and for causing the knife to cut the welt after the guard comesto rest.

11. A machine of the class described, having in combination a weltbutting knife, a guard arranged to extend between the welt and the shoeupper, and connected mechanism for positioning the guard and, at thewill of the operator, thereafter actuating the knife.

12. A machine of the class described, having in combination a guardarranged to extend between the welt and the upper in the welt crease, awelt butting knife arranged to rest on the guard, and means foractuating the knife over the guard transversely of the shoe to butt thewelt.

13. A machine of the class described, having in COi'lilJll'lfltlOIi adevice arranged to en gage the shoe in the inseam adjacent to the end ofthe welt, means for actuating said device to position the end portion ofthe welt transversely of the shoe and hold it pressed in, and a weltbutting knife arranged to cut across the welt transversely for bevel ingthe welt.

1 1:. A machine of the class described,having in combination means forbutting the welt of a lasted and welted shoe, and means for positivelyengaging the severed portion of the welt. and having an automaticmovement to force it from the shoe.

1.5. A machine of the class described, having in combination means forabutting a welt, and clearers movable transversely of the shoe to removethe severed portions of the stock.

16. A machine of the class described, having in combination means forbutting a welt, clearers movable transversely over the welt anddownwardly behind the portion to be cut off, and means for actuating theclearers to remove the cut-off portion of the welt.

17. A welt butting machine, having in combination means for clamping theend portion of the welt of a lasted and welted shoe, and means movablerelatively to the clamping means, for severing a portion of the weltheld by the clamping means from the body of the weltwhich remainsattached to the shoe.

18. A welt butting machine, having in combination automaticallyoperating means for clamping the end. portion of the welt, and meansmoving perpendicularly to the direction of the clamping pressure andrelatively to the clamping means to butt the welt.

19. A welt butting machine, having in combination means to position alasted shoe having an attached welt, a welt butting knife having acutting edge extending oblique to the plane of the shoe bottom, andmeans for actuating the knife to butt the welt.

20. A welt butting machine, having in combination welt clamping means,mechanism for manually actuating said clamping means to embrace thewelt, auto1nati ally operating mechanism for relatively actuating saidmeans to clamp the welt, and means for removing surplus stock at the endof the welt.

21.. A welt butting machine, having in combination means for clampingthe welt in the direction of its thickness, and means for cutting thewelt in the direction, of its width from edge to edge to butt the weltwhile it remains clamped.

22. A welt butting machine, having in combination means for holding thewelt in the direction of its thickness, means for cut ting the welt inthe direction of its width from edge to edge to butt the welt while itremains clamped, and automatically operating mechanism for actuating theclamping and the cutting means.

23. A weltbutting machine, having in combination means for positioning alasted and welted shoe, devices for beveling the two ends of the weltsimultaneously and devices that are automatically engaged over the surplus stock in the rear of the beveled ends and are actuated to forceitfrom the shoe outwardly toward opposite sides of the shoe, andmechanism for operatin said devices.

2st. A welt butting machine, having in cmnbination means for bevelingthe end of the welt of a shoe, means for con'ipressing the end portionof the Welt against the shoe bottom, and means for evening the shoebottom in the rear of the bevel.

25. A welt butting machine, having in combination means for beveling theend of the welt of a shoe, means for compressing the end portion of thewelt against the shoe bottom, and means for removing surplus stock inthe rear of the bevel.

26. A welt butting machine, having in combination means for beveling theend of the welt of a shoe, means for compressing the end portion of thewelt against the shoe bottom, and means for cutting surplus stock fromthe shoe bottom in the rear of the bevel, and devices for clearing thesurplus stock from the shoe after it is cut.

27. A machine of the class dcscril'ied, having in combination a trimmingknife relatively to which a shoe is to be moved into position to beoperated upon, means for actuating the knife, a guard normally occupyinga position to protect the knife from engagement by the shoe and movableinto position to shield the shoe upper from injury by the knife when thelatter is actuated.

28. A machine of the class described, having in combination a knife 17having cutting edges arranged to bevel a welt and cut stitches which mayconnect the butt end of the welt to the shoe, and means forreciprocating the knife transversely of the shoe to do its'work,substantially as described.

29. A machine of the class described, having in combination a knifeconstructed and arranged to bevel a welt and cut stitches which mayconnect the butt end of the welt to the shoe, and means for engaging theshoe in the welt crease to position the knife with relation to the welt.

30. A machine of the class described, having in combination a knifeconstructed and arranged to bevel a welt and cut stitches which mayconnect the butt end of the welt to the shoe, said knife having itsstitch cutting edge and its welt cutting edge reversely inclined, andmeans for actuating the knife.

31. A machine of the class described, having in combination a knifeconstructed and arranged to bevel a welt and cut stitches which mayconnect the butt end of the welt to the shoe, said knife having acuttingedge inclined to the lines of stitches, and means for actuating theknifetransversely of the shoe bottom.

32. A machine of the class described, having in combination a weltbutting knife, means for actuating the knife transversely of the shoebottom to cut the Welt edgewise, means for engaging the shoe stock atthe inner edge of the welt to hold it during the cutting operation andmeans for actuating the engaging means to dislodge from the shoe theportion of the welt out off by the butting knife.

33. A machine of the class described, having in combination apositioning device arranged to engage a welted shoe in the welt creaseand to yield vertically to find the level of the crease automatically,means for actuating the positioning device transversely of the shoe, aknife for removing surplus stock from the bottom of the shoe, said knifebeing arranged to rest upon said positioning device for movementvertically therewith relatively to the shoe bottom, and means foractuating the knife transversely of the shoe in sliding contact withsaid device to do its work.

34. A machine of the class described having, in combination, means forbutting the two ends of the welt of a welted and lasted shoe, poweractuating mechanism therefor and a treadle and connect-ions arranged formanipulation for relatively positioning the shoe and the cutters and forfurther movement to start said power actuating mechanism for thecutters.

35. A machine of the class described, having in combination a knife fortrimming the shoe stock on the bottom of a shoe, means for reciprocatingthe knife transversely of the shoe bottom to do its Work, a

guard arranged to extend into the welt crease to protect the upper fromthe action of the reciprocating knife and means for reciprocating theguard.

36. A machine of the class described, hav ing in combination a knife forbutting a welt, means for actuating the knife transversely of the shoebottom, and a guard normally extending beyond the cutting edge of theknife and adapted to enter the welt crease to protect the upper frominjury by the knife.

37. A machine of the class described, having in combination a knife forbutting a welt, means for actuating the knife transversely of the shoebottom, to butt the welt, and a guard arranged to enter the Welt creasein advance of the knife for protecting the upper from injury by theknife and over which the knife moves in doing its work.

38. A machine of the class described, having in combination a' knife forcutting the inseam stitches at the butt end of a Welt, means foractuating the knife transversely of the shoe bottom, and a guardnormally projecting in advance of the cutting edge of the knife andadapted to precede the knife into engagement with the shoe in the weltcrease.

89. A machine of the class described, having in combination a guardadapted to enter the Welt crease, said guard being movably mounted topermit it to adapt its position automatically to that of the shoe, and aknife arranged to take its position from that of the guard and meanstoactuate the knife transversely of the shoe to butt the welt and cutstitches connecting the severed portion of the welt to the shoe.

40. A machine of the class described, having in combination a guard,means to actuate the guard to find operative relation to the shoe, aknife arranged to take its operative relation to the shoe from theposition of the guard, and means for projecting the knife beyond theguard to cutthe stock and for retracting the knife into position to haveits cutting edge protected by the guard.

41. A machine of the class described, having in combination a guard toenter the welt crease, manually controlled means for positioning theguard, a knife movable transversely of the shoe bottom to trim the shoestock thereon, and automatically operating means for actuating theknife.

42. A machine of the class described, having in combination a knife forremoving surplus stock from the bottom of a welted shoe, a knifepositioning device by which the knife may be moved and which is arrangedto slide up the side of the shoe until it enters the welt crease, saidknife being yieldingly mounted to have its cutting edge sprung upwardlyby the movement of said device into position to trim the surplus stockfrom the shoe close to the plane of the upper that is on the margin ofthe shoe bottom.

43. A machine of the class described having, in combination, a weltbutting knife, a support for engaging under the shoe to hold it up inposition to be operated upon, means for positioning the knife relativelyto the welt ot' the shoe that is on said support, and power driven meansfor actuating the knife to cut the welt,

t l. A machine of the class described, hav' ing, in combination, meansfor positioning the butt end portion of the welt of a lasted and weltedshoe, means for butting the welt, means for inserting a tack relativelyto the welt while the welt is held by said positioning means, and asupport engaging under the shoe to sustain it for the tack insertingoperation.

to. A machine of the class described, having, in combination, means forpositioning the butt end portion of the welt of a lasted and weltedshoe, means for butting the welt, means for inserting a tack relativelyto the welt while the welt is retained in the posi tion to which it wasmoved by said posit-ion ing means, and a shoe support with relation towhich said means are arranged to operate without substantial change inthe position of the shoe during the operation of said means, saidsupport being arranged to engage under the shoe for upholding the shoeagainst the action of the tack inserting means.

to. A machine of the class described, having, in combination, means forbutting simultaneously the two ends of the welt of a lasted and weltedshoe, means for tacking the welt ends, means for positioning the weltends for the butting and tacking operations, and additional means forengaging under the shoe to uphold the shoe for the tacking operation.

417. A machine of the class described, having, in combii'iation, a shoesupport, means for positioning the butt end portion of a welt ot alasted and welted shoe, means for butting the welt, and means forinserting a tack relatively to the welt while the welt is held by saidpositioning means, said support including the spindle (35 to engageunder the shoe and uphold it against depression by the tack insertingmeans.

A8. A machine of the class described, having. in combination, means forpositioning the butt end. portion of the welt of a lasted shoe, meansfor butting the welt, means for cmnpressing the shoe stock including thepreviously positioned welt against the last bottom at and adjacent tothe welt end, and means for inserting a tack.

t9. A machine of the class described having, in combination, means atopposite sides of the shoe engaging in the welt crease to tighten theupper about the last and position the butt ends of the welt on theinsole, welt butting cutters arranged and actuated to cut the welt endsby a movement transversely of the machine and widthwise of the welt, andyielding welt pressers mounted in advance of said cutters to engage theupper surface of the welt.

50. A machine of the class described having, in combination, cutters forbutting the two ends of a welt, means for actuating said cutterstransversely of the shoe to cut through the welt from its outer edgetoward the inseam, and cutter plates cooperating therewith extending inthe welt crease at each side of the shoe at and adjacent to the end ofthe inseam and also inward over the insole and beneath the unsecuredends of the welt.

51. A machine of the class described having, in combination, a pair ofheads one at each side of the machine, means to move said heads apart topermit positioning of the heel end of a welted shoe therebetween, aweltbutting cutter carried by each of said heads, and means to move saidheads inward after a shoe has been positioned to bring said cutters intocutting relation with the welt ends and means for actiiiating thecutters transversely of the shoe for cut-ting through the welt endswidthwise.

A machine of the class described having, in combination, cutters torbutting the two ends of the welt of a welted shoe by a movementwidthwise of the welt inwardly over the shoe bottom, means for actuatingthe cutters simultaneously over the shoe, and guards extending betweenthe welt and the upper in the welt crease to protect the upper from theaction of the cutters.

53. A machine of the class described having,'in combination, cutters forbutting the two ends of the welt of a welted shoe by a movementwidthwiseof the welt inwardly over the shoe bottom, means for actuating thecutters simultaneously over the shoe, and guards movable laterally ofthe shoe to our brace it in the welt crease at opposite sides anddetermine the position of the welt with relation to the path of thecutters to cause the welt ends to be severed on a bevel while protectingthe upper from the cutters.

54. A machine of the class described having, in combination, means forpositioning a shoe and welt butting means movable simu l.- taneouslyfrom opposite sides of the shoe towardv its median portion in a planerela tive to the shoe positioning means to cut the wo welt ends from theouter edge inwardly on a bevel.

A machine of the class described having, in combination, means forpositioning ashoe, welt butting means movable simultaneously fromopposite sides of the shoe toward its median portion in a plane relativeto the shoe positioning means to cut the two welt ends from the outeredge inwardly on a bevel, and means coperating with each cutter foractively pressing the welt down while it is being cut.

56. A machine of the class described having, in combination, means forpositioning a shoe, welt butting means movable simultaneously fromopposite sides of the shoe toward its median portion in a plane relativeto the shoe positioning means to cut the two welt ends from the outeredge inwardly on a bevel, and a thin edged support for the outer portionof the welt shaped to extend in the welt crease substantially to thebottom thereof to guide the cutter out of contact with the upper thatoverlies the feather of the shoe innersole.

57. A machine of the class described having, in combination, means forpositioning a shoe, welt butting means movable simultaneously fromopposite sides of the shoe toward its median portion in a plane relativeto the shoe positioning means to out the two welt ends from the outeredge inwardly on a bevel, and means movable to engage the welt or theinner side of the between-substance adjacent thereto and resist inwarddisplacement of the welt by the action of the cutter.

58. A machine of the class described having, in combination, means forpositioning a shoe, welt butting means movable simultaneously fromopposite sides of the shoe toward its median portion in a plane relativeto the shoe positioning means to cut the two welt ends from the outeredge inwardly on a bevel, means movable to engage the welt or the innerside of the between-substance adjacent thereto and resist inwarddisplace ment of the welt by the action of the cutter, and means toactuate the last named means outwardly after the butting operation toremove the waste from the shoe.

59. A machine of the class described having, in combination, uppertightening means arranged to operate at and adjacent to the rear ends ofthe welt of a welted shoe, means for inserting fastenings to secure theupper in tightened condition, means for butting the welt ends, anddevices for supporting and positioning a shoe for the operation of saidmeans at the proper points thereon including provision for upholding theshoe substantially rigidly against the impact of the inserting devices.

60. A machine for butting welts, having, in combination, a welt buttingcutter, and a welt butt ejector operating to dislodge the severed weltbutt by a movement transversely across the shoe.

61. A machine for butting welts, having, in combination, a welt buttingcutter mounted on a suitable support, operating means for the cutter,and a welt butt ejector separately mounted on the cutter support.

62. A machine for butting welts, having,

in combination, a welt butting cutter, a presser acting on the welt inadvance of the operation of the cutter, and an ejector for dislodgingthe welt butt after its severance.

63. A machine of the class herein described, having, in combination,means for supporting a lasted and welted shoe, means for positioning abutt end of the welt, means for beveling the welt, and means for tackingdown the welt.

64:. A machine of the class herein described having, in combination, ashoe support, a knife arranged to cut the welt, a rest to support thewelt against the cutting action of the knife, and a tacker to fasten theend of the welt.

65. A machine of the class herein described having, in combination,means for supporting a lasted and welted shoe, means for supporting thetwo butt ends of the welt, means for beveling said two endssimultaneously, and welt butt tacking means.

66. A machine of the class herein de scribed having, in combination,means for butting a welt, means for pressing the welt end inwardly,means for inserting a tack adjacent to the welt end while the pressureis maintained, and means in addition to said welt end pressing means forupholding the shoe against the action of the tack inserting means.

67 A machine of the class herein described having, in combination, ashoe support, welt butting means, means to position the welt endtransversely of the shoe bottom, and welt end fastening means.

68. A machine of the class herein described having, in combination,means for butting the opposite ends of a welt simultaneously, means forengaging the welt crease laterally to press the welt end inwardly, meansto fasten the shoe stock while the welt is so pressed inwardly, andadditional means for upholding the shoe against the action of thefastening means.

69. A machine of the class herein described having, in combination,rests for the two ends of the welt of a welted shoe, a support extendingunder the shoe to uphold it, cooperating cutters, and a welt end tacker.

70. A machine of the class herein described having, in combination,rests for the two ends of the welt of a welted shoe, cooperating cuttersfor the two welt ends, said rests being arranged to form transverselyacting positioning means for the welt, tack driving means, andadditional means for upholding the shoe against depression by theoperation of the tack driving means;

71. A machine of the class herein de scribed having, in combination,means for butting a welt, means for tightening the upper over the lastbottom adjacent to the end of the welt, means for tacking the upper, andmeans in addition to the said up per tightening means for upholding theshoe against depression by the tack inserting means.

72. A machine of the class herein described having, in combination,means for butting a welt, means for tightening the upper over the lastbottom in the region of the welt end, a tacker adapted to fasten theupper and the welt end, and means in addition to the upper tighteningmeans and which is arranged to engage the body of the shoe for upholdingit for the operation of said other means.

73. A machine of the class herein described having in combination, aweltbutter, a welt butt tacker and a shoe support arranged to present theshoe for the butting and the tacking operations.

74. A machine of the class herein de scribed having in combination, awelt butter, a welt butt tacker, a shoe support, constructed andarranged to present the shoe for the butting and the tacking operations,and operating mechanism for lifting the support to compress the stockagainst the tacker prior to the insertion of the tack.

75. A welt butting machine, having welt butting blades for the two endsof the welt movable transversely of the shoe and arranged with theircutting edges at acute angles to the median line of the shoe.

76. A machine of the class described, having in combination, means tobutt a welt, means to press inwardly over the shoe bottom the stockadjacent to the end of the welt, means to tack the stock to secure itwhile it is so pressed, and means to effect compression of the stocksubstantially perpendicular to the plane of the shoe bottom.

77. A machine of the class described,having in combination, means tobutt simultaneously the two ends of the welt of a welted shoe, means totighten the upper over the last bottom adjacent to a butt end of thewelt, means to secure the upper in tightened relation to the last, andmeans to compress the shoe stock against the last bottom adjacent saidend of the welt.

'78. A machine of the class describecl,having in combination, stitchcutting means, welt butting means, upper tightening means, and tackingmeans, said machine comprising means constructed and arranged to engagethe body of the shoe below the welt for firmly upholding the shoeagainst the action of the tacking means.

7 9. A machine of the class described,having in combination, stitchcut-ting means, welt butting means, welt butt holding down means, uppertightening means, tacking means, and means for upholding the shoe firmlyagainst the action of the tacking means.

80. A machine of the class described, having in combination, stitchcutting means, welt butting means, upper tightening means, stockcompressing means, and tacking means.

81. A machine of the class described, having, in combination, a cutterto sever the inseam stitches, a blade to tighten the upper, a tacker tofasten the upper and a support extending under the shoe to uphold itagainst the action of the tacker.

82. A machine of the class described, having, in combination, a cutterto sever the in seam stitches, a cutter to butt the welt, a tacker tofasten the welt end, and means engaging under the body of the shoe to uphold it against the action of the tacker.

83. A machine of the class described, having, in combination, a cutterto sever the inseam stitches, a cutter to butt the welt, a blade totighten the upper, a tacker to fasten the upper, and additional means touphold the shoe for the operation of said de vices.

841-. A welt butting machine, having, in combination, welt locating,stitch cutting, welt butting and welt fastening devices, and means foroperating said devices, means we tending under the body of the shoe touphold it for the action of said devices.

85. A welt butting machine, having, in combination, means constructedand arranged to extend under the body of a shoe to support the shoe soleup, a laterally mov able welt support adapted to engage the underside ofthe welt, and an independently mounted, laterally movable welt buttingcutter above said welt support and operating thereover to butt the welton an incline.

86. A welt butting machine, having, in combination, a welt locator, astitch cutter, a welt butting cutter, an actuator for said welt locator,and an actuator for said stitch and welt butting cutters, said partsbeing constructed and arranged to effect the cutting stroke of saidcutters transversely of the welt and inseam.

87. A welt butting machine, having, in combination, a welt buttingcutter, a stitch cutter, means for operating said cutters, a weltsupport mounted independently of both of said cutters, and a separatesupport for the body of the shoe relatively to which the welt support ismovable to adapt its position for shoes of different vertical depth.

88. A machine of the class described, having in combination welt buttingknives arranged to operate simultaneously at opposite sides of a shoe,and means for actuating said knives transversely of the shoe to do theirwork.

89. A machine of the class described, having in combination a weltbutting knife arranged for movement widthwise of the welt to butt thewelt, a guard arranged between the welt and the upper in the inseam inposition to protect the upper from being injured by the welt buttingknife, and means for actuating the knife.

90. In a welt butting apparatus resting and positioning devices for thetwo butt end portions of the welt of a shoe, said devices being arrangedwith welt supporting surfaces oppositely inclined to the vertical1ongitudinal plane of the apparatus.

91. In a welt butting apparatus resting and positioning devices for thetwo butt end portions of the welt of a shoe, said devices being formedand arranged with their lower faces which lie adjacent to the shoeoppositely inclined downwardly and outwardly with relation to thevertical longitudinal plane of the apparatus.

92. A machine of the class described having, in combination, means forbutting the two ends of the welt of a welted and lasted shoe, a supportfor the shoe, and a treadle and connections for effecting first arelative positioning of the shoe and the cutters and then causing thecutters to do their work.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of- Witnesses:

ELIZABETH C. COUPE, FREDERICK L. EDMANDS.

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